No, it’s not a slow news day; it’s just The Daily Grind, a long-running morning feature in which the Massively Overpowered writers pose gaming-related questions to the MMORPG community. [Follow this feature’s RSS feed]
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The Daily Grind: What obligations do players have to improve an MMORPG?
It's only reasonable to talk about the obligations that developers and publishers have when running a game. The designers have an obligation to make...
The Daily Grind: Are you ever sad when a long-awaited MMORPG expansion arrives?
We've been joking about Lord of the Rings Online never getting to Gondor, never mind Mordor, that I've become super sad that it's actually...
The Daily Grind: What are your favorite MMO dungeons?
If a theme has emerged in my 2016 gaming habits so far, it has to be my renewed love of running dungeons in MMORPGs....
The Daily Grind: Are we ever going to see a WoW-killer-killer?
On this week's Massively OP Podcast, Justin and I tried to answer a question from a listener named Kenny, who proposed that we consider...
The Daily Grind: Do you blame developers or players for rampant exploits in MMOs?
As long as I can remember, there has been a back-and-forth between players and developers on the subject of game exploits. I remember back...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMORPG ‘Oh crap!’ skill?
We've all been there: You saunter into a combat situation, feeling all elite and cocky, and before you know it, you're in over your...
The Daily Grind: Is there an MMORPG class type you can’t stand playing?
For me, it's rogues. Ug.
It's bizarre because I adore rogues, thieves, and especially stealth archers in single-player roleplaying games. There's never been an Elder...
The Daily Grind: What’s your favorite MMO you’re not playing?
Every Saturday morning in WRUP, we ask you what MMO you're playing. What we don't ask is what games you aren't playing in WRUP....
The Daily Grind: What’s the most satisfying level up you’ve ever experienced in an MMO?
As much as I've been enjoying my time in Final Fantasy XI and seeing stuff that was previously inaccessible, one of the big things...
The Daily Grind: What are your current MMO goals?
I've noticed that several of my friends have taken to drawing up monthly goals for their MMO sessions, an activity that I've been doing...
The Daily Grind: Should e-sports players unionize?
MCV reported this week that World of Tanks studio Wargaming plans to help organize a union for pro e-sports players. Wargaming European e-sports boss...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has the most user-unfriendly interface?
Here's the stunning secret about Final Fantasy XI's interface: It gets passed off as being horrible because it was designed for a console, but...
The Daily Grind: How would you make permadeath work in MMOs?
Permadeath is always a fun if rarely used design concept to discuss, which is why I want to put forth a thought exercise to the...
The Daily Grind: Does your guild or family govern which MMORPGs you play?
A few podcasts ago, I lamented that my time in Black Desert would probably be brief, at least for now, because my guildies weren't...
The Daily Grind: How do you feel about being ‘run’ through MMORPG content?
The news that Guild Wars 2 is nerfing player-led "runs" through Super Adventure Box made me sit back and ponder the whole concept. Power-leveling lowbies...
The Daily Grind: How often do you have to look up information in your main MMO?
My wife was sitting behind me and leveling one of her alts in Final Fantasy XIV, looking for a particular enemy. "Where are these...
The Daily Grind: What’s the best MMORPG expansion you’ve experienced?
Very few things get me as excited as the announcement of a new expansion for a favorite MMO. Expansions are thrilling events, stirring up...
The Daily Grind: Would you play on a vanilla World of Warcraft server?
Word that wildly popular "progressive vanilla" World of Warcraft emulator Nostalrius is sunsetting in the face of a Blizzard legal threat has dominated MMORPG...
The Daily Grind: What MMO has offered you the best customer service?
I have had three separate Final Fantasy XI accounts over the years, and because of the way in which those accounts work, it is...
The Daily Grind: What advice would you give tanks in your MMO?
I've danced through many roles in MMOs, but the one that remains largely explored for me is that of the tank. Oh, the idea...
